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Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?)
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony () freebie ! atkielski ! com>
Date: 2001-11-30 21:33:46
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Simon writes:
> On what planet does nobody assert that Windows
> is a better server host?
There may be such feelings in Redmond, but I haven't seen that suggested on this
list.
> let's face it, timesharing is a non-issue.
Is it? In what way? Timesharing of a large system is pretty useful; for
constrained applications in a business environment in particular, timesharing
may be more economical than having a separate PC on every desk, although it's
very much out of fashion right now (except in very expensive, brain-dead hybrids
like Windows Terminal Server).
> You seem to be investing a lot of energy in
> debating the mouse that is squeaking about
> FreeBSD being better than Windows on the
> desktop ...
That's where I see the irrational statements being made.
> ... all the while ignoring the 800 pound-gorilla
> with the big stick that has been devoting the
> majority of its abundant resources over the past
> ten years in trying to make Windows the dominant,
> or better still, the only operating system
> for server applications. And, some might even say,
> succeeding.
Unless Microsoft makes some key changes in its strategy, I don't see it winning
in the server market. Microsoft has had a desktop mentality for a very long
time, and this is very evident in its behavior and strategies, and until and
unless someone who has seen some other type of computer besides a PC starts
making some of the decisions, the server market is likely to remain pretty safe
from Microsoft competition. There's a limit to how far you can get with
marketing and hype alone.
> And yet, by you, "Microsoft is right, for the
> most part" in divining their customer's needs and
> providing the right product.
On the desktop, that's true. But MS is still clueless in many areas of server
environments. The company has a very poor grasp of the real priorities in
server operation and administration--which are very different from those of a
desktop user.
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